Royal Mint

BELFOR restores the Royal Mint, the official maker and distributor of coins for the United Kingdom, after a fire in the production area causes severe smoke damage throughout the nickel plating plant.

The Royal Mint is the world’s leading export mint, and the official maker and distributor of coins for the United Kingdom. The 35-acre facility operates round-the-clock, 52 weeks a year and can produce up to 90 million coins a week – almost five billion coins a year. Following a fire in the production area, the Royal Mint suffered severe smoke damage throughout its nickel plating plant.

BELFOR used its innovative and unique Soot Removal Film (SRF) product for the decontamination process. Because SRF is “wash-free,” odorless, and environmentally friendly with no need for the use of chemicals, production work in the plant was able to continue. BELFOR used more than 18,700 pounds of SRF to decontaminate the 48,000-square-foot plant.

“When we had a fire incident in our plating section and were confronted by the daunting process of recovery from excessive smoke damage, from day one, BELFOR provided us with the confidence to achieve this utilizing their wealth of experience and a range of professional techniques. As a result of the efforts of the cleaning teams, we achieved the desired recovery in good time and on budget. If we were to be in a similar position again, we would have no hesitation in using BELFOR.”

STEVE CLODE
Technical Leader of Blank Processing